Republican presidential candidate and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday slammed CNN for reportedly promoting “fraud” of the debate, even as the network announced he was ineligible. He claimed to be absent from the station's Iowa debate on the same day.

Presented by Mr. Ramaswamy Instead, he plans to participate in a town hall with Tim Poole on Timcast on the night of the debate. The candidate also went on to discuss issues with CNN during and since the December town hall, from allegedly cutting off the town hall early to informing the campaign that certain polls did not meet election eligibility criteria. He claimed that he was causing it. discussion.

forget @CNNThe fake Iowa “debate” on January 10th will be the most boring in modern history.We're doing a live show with an audience in Des Moines that night. @timcast Instead. I won't hold back. Here's the story behind CNN's prank:

– On December 13th, CNN shamefully discontinued coverage…

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRAmaswamy) January 2, 2024

“On December 13th, CNN shamefully cut off an Iowa City Hall with me after I pinpointed the inconvenient truth of January 6th,” Ramaswamy said. '' and rejected it,'' he tweeted.

The White House strongman said the network had notified him that several polls were “mysteriously not counted in CNN's fake 'debate' in Iowa on January 10.” claimed to have done so. Ramaswamy's campaign pointed to three recent polls that found CNN unacceptable but qualified under RNC debate standards, the Ramaswamy campaign told the Daily Caller. The RNC is not officially involved in CNN's Iowa or New Hampshire debates.

CNN announced on December 7 that it will host two Republican presidential debates in January in Iowa and New Hampshire. In anticipation of the Republican National Committee (RNC) freeing candidates from rules prohibiting them from participating in debates not sanctioned by the RNC, the network is giving candidates three separate national or well-regarded debates. It announced strict eligibility criteria requiring at least 10 percent of the votes in the debate. State investigation. (Related: 'Keep failing': Republicans to end debate season in Disney's arms)

Two polls conducted in New Hampshire by the Trafalgar Group and the American Research Group gave Ramaswamy approval ratings of 10.2% and 5%, respectively.American research group Voted For the period from December 14th to December 20th, there were 600 people, and the margin of error was 4 points. In that poll, Mr. Ramaswamy reached 18% of eligible Republican primary voters.trafalgar group investigated The survey targeted 1,098 people from December 9th to December 11th, and had a margin of error of 2.9%.

Morning Consult 3rd vote investigated In Iowa, Ramaswamy had 13 percent. The survey was conducted from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023, and targeted 181 people.

The campaign told the Daily Caller that the agency told them that each state, but not all three, of Iowa, would be excluded from polling. The Ramaswamy campaign told the Daily Caller that it spoke to CNN by phone about the poll, but could not provide emails showing communications with CNN about the poll.

As of Monday, Mr. Ramaswamy was at 4.2% nationally, according to Real Clear Politics. average.

CNN pointed out its eligibility criteria to the Daily Caller when asked about its reported conversations with Ramaswamy's camp. None of the polls listed as acceptable were those provided to the Daily Caller by Ramaswamy's campaign.

Mr. Ramaswamy was inside the town hall at the station. collided CNN anchor Abby Phillippe was asked about the presidential candidate's earlier statement that January 6th was an “inside job.” When Philip tried to interrupt the presidential candidate's response, Ramaswamy shot back, saying her response was evidence that “the establishment does not approve of this message.” Shortly after the exchange, Ramaswamy claimed that the network had jammed the City Hall call.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for Ramaswamy's campaign, told the Daily Caller: “We felt the town hall was positive. Again, the commentary that followed and the fact that it was cut off five minutes early for no reason. The facts are a different story.” ” [town hall] We felt it was something positive and had positive interactions before and after.It felt like what happened [inaudible] It was a direct response to what happened at City Hall, specifically what happened on January 6th, and you know, that's me. That's my guess. ”

Vivek Ramaswamy: “Unfortunately for CNN, we will be putting the truth on the mainstream on January 6th. As with the fake Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot and countless other incidents, at least those of peaceful protesters There is clear evidence that there was a trap…” pic.twitter.com/VWGpcuoYPp

— Across the Line (@AcrossTheLine11) December 14, 2023

Ramaswamy also claimed in his tweet that the network had threatened to shut him down in a phone call with his campaign.

“Then, on December 14th, CNN threatened to cancel my campaign over the phone and blacked out YouTube to Town Hall after garnering over 200,000 views on YouTube in a matter of hours.” “Haley's CNN town hall was still active 6 months later,” the candidate tweeted.

This game is rigid. After he got over 200,000 views on YouTube in a few hours, CNN posted my town hall and then he threatened to cancel the campaign within 12 hours. But his CNN town hall on Nikki Haley is still up six months later (68,000 total views, sad). They are doing their best… pic.twitter.com/pyTzz2TXZh

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRAmaswamy) January 1, 2024

CNN rejects many of Ramaswamy's accusations and issued a statement on Tuesday claiming that Ramaswamy was not qualified to participate in the debate he was “skipping” to begin with. Candidates who qualified for the Jan. 10 CNN debate include former President Donald Trump, who announced he would counter-schedule the debate at a Fox News-hosted town hall that night, former U.N. Ambassador Haley, and Florida Gov. There were only three, Ron DeSantis. Iowa.

“City Hall was not shortened, it was functional the entire length and there was nothing there. [cease-and-desist]. No individual entity can upload his hour-long content from a cable TV channel to a free platform. These are the same rules that apply to the NFL, the Oscars, Game of Thrones, and more. “You can't post an hour of an NFL game, you can't post an hour of a cut from CNN,” a network spokesperson told the Daily. The person who called.

In his tweet, Ramaswamy referred to various attacks made against him by the CNN host.

“CNN's senior media “reporter'' Oliver Darcy wrote a newsletter accusing his network of “permitting.'' [me] To infect the public with his conspiracy campaign,” the tweet said, along with several other examples. “CNN commentator Van Jones said he was 'literally shaken' when he heard me, and that my rhetoric was 'one step away from Nazi propaganda.' ”

But even as White House figures continue to slam CNN's actions, the campaign is asking Ramaswamy to stop doing all his events with CNN and skip the New Hampshire debate. I didn't answer. (Related: ABC News to host Republican debate days before CNN)

“We haven't crossed that crossroads yet,” McLaughlin told the Daily Caller. “This means, to be honest, Tim Poole is doing great, so we need to come up with a plan with them. YouTube censorship, so to speak, legal threats and then the goalposts with the vote. Between the moves, we felt okay, we have to move on, and Tim Poole was an honest broker, so we're going to move forward with him.”